About block 947,650
Bitcoin block 947,650 was mined by SpiderPool on May 3, 2026 at 1:36 AM UTC, 47 seconds after block 947,649. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 5,569 transactions in 1.52 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 0.00 sat/vB, down from 1.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0052 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, SpiderPool earned 3.1302 BTC for this block.
Block 947,650 is number 131 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 470; 1,885 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 949,535. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 102,350 blocks after this one.
Its hash starts with 20 zeros: that is the proof of work, a number below the target that the whole network’s hashrate had to search for. SpiderPool found 76 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 28,357 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.